4.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Garbage Pail Kids (1987)
Garbage Pail Kids (1987)
Overview
Garbage Pail Kids is a Canadian-American cartoon series which was produced in 1987, based on the popular Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, produced and directed by Bob Hathcock and co-written and developed by Flint Dille. Due to controversial themes, it never aired in the United States. However, it did air in most countries in Europe.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
4.0
Overview
Garbage Pail Kids is a Canadian-American cartoon series which was produced in 1987, based on the popular Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, produced and directed by Bob Hathcock and co-written and developed by Flint Dille. Due to controversial themes, it never aired in the United States. However, it did air in most countries in Europe.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's narrative is primarily driven by absurdist humor and fantasy, focusing on the comedic antics of grotesque characters. It lacks any explicit or implicit promotion of specific political ideologies, rendering it apolitical.
The movie features a predominantly white human cast with no explicit racial or gender recasting of traditional roles. Its narrative does not engage with or critique traditional identities, nor does it center on DEI themes.
Secondary
The film 'Garbage Pail Kids' does not feature any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its plot centers on a fantastical premise involving bizarre creatures, and there are no elements within the narrative that address or depict queer identity in any capacity.
The film 'Garbage Pail Kids' does not include any discernible transsexual characters or explore related themes, resulting in no direct portrayal to evaluate against the rubric.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The animated series adapts characters from the original trading card series. No established Garbage Pail Kids characters, canonically one gender in the source material, were portrayed as a different gender in the show.
The film's characters, both human and the titular Garbage Pail Kids, do not have established canonical racial identities in the original trading card source material that were subsequently altered in the film adaptation. The Kids are grotesque caricatures, not human races.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
3.7
4.2
Critic Ratings
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